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Re: Indiana Pro Soccer Team

I don't believe that stat. I'm in my mid 20's and the only people I've ever heard talk about it are diehard fans who played it in high school. The World Cup excites people, but that's it.

So you are in the very late range of 12-24 if at all. Do you qualify for the stat? Just because your friends dont talk about it doesn't mean other people don't. Im 18 and I talk about soccer constantly with my friends. Granted its mostly the BPL, but still.

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So you are in the very late range of 12-24 if at all. Do you qualify for the stat? Just because your friends dont talk about it doesn't mean other people do. Im 18 and I talk about soccer constantly with my friends. Granted its mostly the BPL, but still.

Well I qualified for that stat five months ago and the 12 years prior. So is it only in the last five months that soccer has become popular in the 12-24 demographic?

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MLS is big here in DC, DC United is without question more popular than the Wizards (which mostly has to do with the Wizards being absolutely irrelevant for the past 6-7 years) and they have a nice fanbase. A lot of my friends at work follow soccer and talk about it. But having friends from all over the place, I will say soccer seems mostly popular among affluent people on the East Coast, and that people in the Midwest regardless of socioeconomic background aren't as wild about it.

Then again, one of my friends from HS randomly texted me that he went to a Chicago Fire game, so maybe that is changing now.

Personally I think soccer is alright, I really got into the World Cup but the talent level drop from World Cup to MLS makes MLS hard to watch for me. I know people love the EPL but I didn't grow up and have never lived in the UK, so I don't have any natural affinity for any of the clubs and therefore can't get into it.

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I'm really excited about this. I've been waiting for a long time to have a local team and it's finally happening. I've been to a lot of MLS games but never really had anybody to root for. Glad I have a team. The city will need to show a lot of support to make the next step, but really all we need is a billionaire to get behind it and we'll get a team. To get an MLS team you need 1) a billionaire owner 2) a soccer-specific stadium 3) a decent to large metro area. With this plan, 2 down 1 to go.

Re: Indiana Pro Soccer Team

This has been my understanding from the beginning. Portland used this same strategy successfully, over 1000 season tickets deposited on in the first 24 hours. Carroll stadium will only sit about 8,000 for soccer. That is pretty good folks.

Indy has a good Hispanic population (often the basis for successful MLS franchises), it has 3 extremely successful college soccer programs within 2 hours (IU....the 8 time national champs and also Butler and Notre Dame). They will build a team with local talent that can compete on a national level. IU soccer has produced 41 MLS players after the draft today. This is a rich soccer state, it's just that people don't really acknowledge it for whatever reason.

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Exciting news! Looking very forward to it.

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Re: Indiana Pro Soccer Team

So Blu thinks soccer won't sell here. That seals it for me! I'm absolutely convinced that not only will it sell here, they will sell out every home game, successfully transition to MLS, and be champs within 5 years. Book it!

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I'm not a big soccer guy personally but whatever sells is fine, long as people fill the arenas then it'll be all good. Soccer can work and is rapidly growing.

The NHL is just run horribly at the moment, and its regular season, and most early playoff games aren't even on regular TV. They really need some sort of side deal with ESPN again or somebody to help advertise their games. When they actually show an NBC playoff hockey game, its all very well done, and I'm super jealous that there's nothing like that with national NBA broadcasts.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

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Soccer is probably the 3rd most popular sport among young adults here in Indy. I guess someone who lives here would know that, not some crazed homeless man.

A crazed homeless man? I would doubt that soccer is the third most poplular sport in Indy. I would guess that some research would show that baseball is ahead of it and perhaps auto racing too. The name calling is getting out of hand again for someone who only said that soccer was boring. People are not even supporting the Pacers in what used to be the most popular sport in the state.

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You mean kinda like how Luck and the Colts went belly up this year like you predicted? Yup, we already know who is ignorant.

Soccer is incredibly popular among kids and super exciting to watch. Always jealous of MLS and EPL teams when they are cheering their hearts out during games. So looking forward to doing that myself.

I was wrong about how the Colts would finish. I was right that Luck was the fourth or fifth best rookie last year. I was right that RGIII would be the rookie of the year (called after game 6) and the rookie offensive player of the year. The Colts won 11 games giving up many more points than they scored. They had miracle after miracle. I don't think it will happen again and I expect them to come crashing down to earth next year. But, I really don't care, they lost me as a fan. I will be watching RGIII and Peyton play, not the Dolts.....

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So Blu thinks soccer won't sell here. That seals it for me! I'm absolutely convinced that not only will it sell here, they will sell out every home game, successfully transition to MLS, and be champs within 5 years. Book it!

Ha, ha and all this from a city that won't even support a pro basketball team?

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I don't think so. I never see anyone admitting that I was right that RGIII was the Rookie of the year and the offensive rookie of the year. When they file for bankruptcy, I will probably mention it. I think the city needs to work on what it has, the Pacers, who are 26th in attendence in the league and they have more people watch them on the road than at home. I do see that is improving as it certainly should with a division leading team that is winning.... Indy could not support a major league baseball team or an NHL franchise, so why does anyone think soccer which is not popular as a spectator sport around the county going to succeed.... Perhaps as a minor league team that might draw 4000 to 5000 people per game. If that is good, then go for it. I won't be attending or watching or caring at all....

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Ha, ha and all this from a city that won't even support a pro basketball team?

Treating this as a real response rather than auto-contrariness...

I believe as do others that the problems with the Pacer support stem from the abundance of other basketball options that provide (in many people's minds) a better basketball experience for the money. An NBA team in Indiana is very much like selling ice to eskimos or bringing coals to Newcastle - they'd better be really SPECIAL ice cubes or very HOT coals.

Soccer, on the other hand, grows in popularity because it is becoming THE sport for young children to learn. My kids never played it, but my grandkids are all involved in one way or another. The kids of my younger co-workers are also very involved, in the same way I was involved in football and basketball.

Add to that the large Latino population in Indy (have you driven past the parks on W Washington on Sunday afternoon and seen the crowds there?), I think there is a very good chance that a reasonably-sized and sited stadium can make an extremely successful MLS team.

Contrary opinions are fine, but let's keep this thread to SPECIFICS and not "oh, it bores me, I don't care so no one else should either"

BillS

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